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OGC India

OGC India Foundation

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has established the OGC
India Foundation as its exclusive agent in India to raise awareness and
adoption of OGC Standards in India and to support the interests and needs of
Indian organizations. The OGC India Foundation also facilitates the participation
of Indian members in OGC international programs.

The OGC India Foundation supports a range of functions:

Provides a platform to understand and represent
the geospatial standards and interoperability needs of the Indian geospatial
community.

Promotes i) the development and
use of advanced open systems standards and techniques to enable the full
integration of geospatial data and geoprocessing resources into mainstream
computing, and ii) the widespread use of interoperable, commercial geoprocessing
software throughout India.

As the exclusive agent for OGC in India, manages
and maintains memberships of Indian organizations and individual professionals in
the OGC.

Supports OGC Indian member organizations by:

Advising organizations on the benefits and
features of the OGC standards and programs.

Organizing and conducting outreach and
educational events and activities through the OGC India Forum

Represents the India-based membership of the OGC in membership
organizations / associations in India with similar vision and mission.

Annual membership dues paid
to the OGC India Foundation work to assure provision of services mentioned
above to Indian organizational and individual members. Annual dues also provide each Indian member
with full membership privileges in the OGC international process commensurate
with the membership level selected. (An OGC India Foundation membership application will soon be posted here.)

OGC India Forum

The India Forum of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC India Forum) is supported by the OGC India Foundation. The OGC India Forum was chartered in July 2009 to provide government, academic, research and industry organizations in India with opportunities to learn about and discuss issues related to interoperability of geographic information involving OGC standards. The Forum seeks to promote interoperability and create synergy between the various producers and users of geographic information and geomatics products and services in India. The Forum also provides a way for Indian organizations to coordinate their efforts to ensure that Indian requirements are addressed by the international standards of the OGC.

Dr. Ashok Kaushal, Managing Director, PCI Geomatics (India), author of the India Forum charter, said, "Forum members want to work together in India to maximize the benefits of using open standards in dealing with geospatial information. This is important not only for the ICT industry here, but it is also important as India advances in areas such as transportation, energy, agriculture, defense and natural resource management."

The OGC India Forum founding members are:

Director General Military Survey

Department of Science &Technology

DSM Soft Private Ltd

ERDAS

GIS Development Private Ltd

InfoTech Enterprises Ltd

INCOIS

PCI Geomatics

Rolta India Ltd

The members of the India Forum of the OGC invite other Indian organizations to join the Forum. Agencies can learn about the offerings of Indian companies and pool their interoperability requirements in standards development efforts; companies can meet potential customers and partners; universities and research centers can engage with government and industry and the OGC's active worldwide interoperability research community; and all can explore together ways to take advantage of the OGC standards that are revolutionizing the geospatial industry.